Mexico passes energy policy reform

January 9, 2015

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A banner with a slogan against proposed oil industry reforms (top) hangs above a banner with a slogan in support of the reform, at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Mexico's lower house passed an energy bill that ends Petroleos Mexicanos' 75-year oil monopoly in a bid to attract foreign investment and boost growth.

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A banner with a slogan against proposed oil industry reforms (top) hangs above a banner with a slogan in support of the reform, at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Mexico's lower house passed an energy bill that ends Petroleos Mexicanos' 75-year oil monopoly in a bid to attract foreign investment and boost growth.